Mr. E. Hargitt on the Genus lyngipicus. 29 



The only examples of this species which I have seen are in 

 the collection of Capt. Wardlaw- Ramsay ^ and were obtained 

 at Zamboanga and in Basilan by Mr. A. H. Everett^ who, 

 with his usual care, has noted the soft parts. These are the 

 identical birds referred to by the Marquis of Tweeddale in 

 P. Z. S. 1878, p. 943; and that learned author has very pro- 

 perly separated them from the Luzon species. I cannot, 

 however, agree with Lord Tweeddale in considering the Zam- 

 boanga and Basilan bird to be Blyth^s P. validirostris, as it 

 does not correspond with the latter author^s description. 



E Mus. G. R. War dlaw -Ramsay . 

 a, b. S ad. Basilan {A. H. Everett). 



c. 6 ad. Zamboanga {A. H. Everett). 



d. ? ad. Zamboanga [A. H. Everett). 



5. Iyngipicus aurantiiventris. 



Picus {Baopipo) auraritiiventris, Salvad. Atti R, Accad. Sci, 

 Torino, iii. p. 524 (1868). 



Iyngipicus aurantiiventris, Salvad. Uccelli di Borneo, p. 41, 

 tav. iv. fig. 2 (1874). 



Yungipicus aurantiiventris, Sharpe, Ibis, 1879, p. 240. 

 /. fascia utrinque occipitali rubra ; rectricibus 4 centralibus 

 nigris ; supracaudalibus albis nigro striatis ; corpore 

 subtus Isete aurantiaco suffuso. 



Hab. in insult Borneensi. 



My experience of the present bird leads me to consider it 

 a thoroughly distinct species. Lord Tweeddale also recog- 

 nized it as specifically distinct ; but I am not sure that he 

 was acquainted with the bird, because in his collection, kindly 

 lent me by Capt. R. G. Wardlaw-Ramsay, I find two birds 

 named Yungipicus aurantiiventris (Salvad.) which are quite 

 distinct from the real 7. aurantiive?itris, and in general colo- 

 ration rather resemble /. temminckii. But they differ from the 

 latter in many specific characters, as is shown under the head- 

 ing /. ramsayi, which name I have given to this hitherto un- 

 described bird. /. aurantiiventris would appear to be by no 

 means rare in the Sarawak district, where it was first discovered 

 by the Marquis Doria and Dr. Beccari ; for Mr. Everett has 



